DaLì

Financial institutions face increasingly stringent regulatory oversight, requiring precise and transparent management of financial data.

Key regulations such as the BCBS 239 by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe, and financial reporting standards (e.g., IFRS 9) mandate that compliance officers and information system directors certify the integrity and accuracy of the data used in reporting.

Therefore, a detailed and automated mapping of the data lifecycle has become critical to meet these requirements.

Currently, data lifecycle mapping within information systems is performed using automated tools mainly in cases of self-documenting software, such as certain ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) frameworks.

For other data and systems, certification relies on manual analysis processes that are costly and time-consuming to maintain and update annually.

THE SOLUTION: DaLì

DaLì is RES’ solution to reconstruct the data lifecycle of IBM Mainframe systems and Cloud systems by analyzing COBOL/JCL languages and Java, respectively.

The solution leverages on data collected with Docet/EV, RES’ cartography solution that is used by about 80% of Italian Financial Institutions.

DaLì automatically generates a comprehensive map of relationships and dependencies among various applications within the software landscape.

Automatic analyzers streamline the work of certifiers and Data Managers by providing easily accessible information about data transformations within custom software present in the information system, even when using general-purpose, non-self-documenting languages.

DaLì, easily integrable with third-party tools via API, makes all analyzed data and relationships available for compliance, certification, impact analysis, and business intelligence purposes.

DaLì’S OBJECTIVES AND FEATURES

Developed through RES’ nearly forty years of experience in software for complex information systems, DaLì offers an alternative to lenghty “manual” data lifecycle reconstruction within mainframe systems, significantly reducing the time needed to compile certified data for regulatory reporting.

The solution saves operators time during setup and even more during subsequent semi-annual or annual updates of lineage information.

DaLì is designed to be easily integrated into custom client systems or within broader market solutions for dashboarding and certification that also encompass data lineage technologies beyond those offered by RES.

BENEFITS

  • Reduces initial certification effort.
  • Ensures control and automated alerts over time regarding changes to the data lifecycle for compliance purposes.
  • Creates accessible documentation data for Java and COBOL/JCL systems.
  • Enhances access to impact analysis data by third-party software.
  • Contributes to end-to-end mapping of information systems.
  • Perfectly integrable via API with proprietary or third-party tools.
  • Helps preserve knowledge in complex environments where human capital is critical yet increasingly scarce.